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| Kumacub:
Hey all. I’m a new angler. I’m looking into fishing here in the spring for yellow perch at some lakes near me. Most likely lake Stevens. I am hoping to buy some gear to have a set up in my tackle box for yellow perch. Any chance anyone is willing to give me a few tips to be successful? Trying to make some fish tacos if I get lucky. |
| GWP:
Weed line if there is one. About 20’ if not. Drop shot rig with a smallish whiteish ‘something’ on it or match what is in the water. If you are an ‘active’ or ‘nervous’ fisherman (as I am) slow drag weedless through the weed edge into open water or hop it along the edge of the weeds. Or, if you have sonar on the front drive around with a trolling motor until you see a school, kill the trolling motor and drop same rig down to depth of fish so it passes through and settles in them. Nothing like a little competition! You can usually get a couple before they move on and you have to find them again or another school. I watched three guys doing that and They literally had a 3/4 full 5 gallon bucket of them and were still fishing. |
| birdshooter1189:
As stated above, I usually use one of 2 things: Smallest jigs i have, cast and retrieve VERY slow, occasionally giving slight twitches. First choice: 6lb test main line. Drop shot with 3/8" weight tied to end. about 12" up the line I tie a small loop, and then attach a 4" leader of 6lb test tied to a size 12 plain dry fly hook. (low profile hook for tying your own flies). I then put a small piece of live worm on the hook, or use powerbait artificial worm. Cast out and retrieve very slowly. This usually works great for me. I took my boat out to a local lake about a week ago and tried this method with 3 rods between me and my kids. We caught 4 perch in 2 hours. Past trips with this method have landed 30+ fish in an hour with a single rod. |
| Kumacub:
Li didn’t even think they were active now. I thought I had to wait until closer to April/may. Thanks gents! I’ll be fishing from the bank but I’ll try my best here. Will post if there’s any success. |
| 30.06:
I use the same technique, # 8 or 10 baitholder hooks. Perch are active in winter. I tried off the bank a few weeks ago with no luck, didn't stay long. They tend to bite well near dusk in the summer. |
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